Memphis Motorsports Park

Motorsport venue
Name = Memphis Motorsports Park| Location = 5500 Victory Lane,
Millington, Tennessee, 38053


Capacity = 28,000
Owner = Dover Motorsports
Events = NASCAR Nationwide Series
Sam's Town 250 benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
O'Reilly 200| Layout1 = Tri-oval
Miles_first = True
Length_km = 1.2
Length_mi = ¾
Banking = Turns - 11°
Straights - 4° front, 3° back

Memphis Motorsports Park is a race track located in just across the Loosahatchie River from Memphis, Tennessee, approximately ten miles south of Millington, Tennessee. It is owned by Dover Motorsports, which also controls Dover International Speedway, Gateway International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway. It is a short track which is currently the site of a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, a Craftsman Truck Series race and also has a convert|4400|ft|m|-1|sing=on drag strip to host an NHRA event among others.

"See also:" List of NASCAR race tracks

Current Races

* NASCAR Nationwide Series - Sam's Town 250
* NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - O'Reilly 200

Records

* NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Jeff Green, 22.450 sec. (120.267 mph), 2000
* NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Kevin Harvick, 2 hrs. 1 min. 49 sec. (92.352 mph), 2000
* NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Greg Biffle, 22.474 sec. (120.139 mph), 1999
* NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Travis Kvapil, 1 hr. 41 min. 3 sec. (89.065 mph), 2002

References

External links

* [http://www.memphismotorsports.com/ Memphis Motorsports Park Official Site]
* [http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/mem/index.html Memphis Motorsports Park Page] on [http://www.nascar.com NASCAR.com]
* [http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Memphis_Motorsport_Park Trackpedia guide to driving this track]
*High Resolution image from [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.282764,-89.947461&spn=0.004603,0.007060&t=k&hl=en Google Maps]